The project’s objectives are to develop equestrian sports in India and increase participation by providing a larger pool of suitable horses and provide the necessary tools to retrain racehorses for equestrian sport.

There’s a huge scope with the project to other national federations as there are millions of horses around the world who have retired from racing these horses are often very young with a long potential life after racing ahead of them.

FEI Best Athlete Award - ISABELL WERTH

The undisputed queen of Dressage, the German superpower is this year’s deserved winner of the Best Athlete Award.

With a slew of Golds to her name, including current FEI European Championship, FEI World Cup and Olympic medals, she shown no signs of slowing down.

A real inspiration to the next generation of Dressage athletes, Isabell is a legend and a well-deserving winner of this year’s award.

Unfortunately she could not attend the awards ceremony as she was at a charity event in Germany at the time, but she sent a video message instead, stating that;

“To receive the best athlete award is really fantastic it makes me really proud, really happy to get this support from so many people and that they’re really behind me and they respect what we have done in the last months”

FEI Best Groom Award - ALAN DAVIES

Finally, after being one of the most frequently nominated people for this award over the years, Alan Davies takes home the top prize for Groom of the Year!

“Words can’t describe how I feel, it’s just amazing!”

Alan Davies

The man behind the legendary Valegro and Nip Tuck, he was over the moon to hear of his win, and to top things off, there was an added surprise as Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester sent him a personal thank-you in a touching video message to top off the evening.

It was a truly inspirational and emotional evening that saw some of the finest people in our sports share the spotlight for pursuing their dreams and never giving up.